Getting Started

Installing Skype for Business

For KU-issued computers: Contact your department technical staff to install or update to Skype for Business 2015. If you are currently using Office 2010, you can ask to have Skype for Business installed without updating to Office 2013.

Personal computers - PC:
For personal Windows-based computers, faculty, staff and students can get Skype for Business at no cost as part of the Microsoft Office suite via Office 365 in myCommunity. See installation instructions

Do you have friends or family that use Skype for Business at other universities or organizations?

KU has open federation for Skype for Business, which means you can connect with friends and colleagues at more than 850 organizations around the world that also offer open federation. You can add a non-KU person at an open federation site to your contacts list and immediately begin a chat or S4B-to-S4B voice or video call. Check the Skype Directory to find organizations that have Skype for Business open federation.